Hapless Duo Try to Rob Pub Full of Cops; It Did Not End Well

A pair of hapless thieves robbed the takeout area of a Maryland pub at gunpoint.

They did not realize, however, that sitting in the next room was a group of off-duty cops.

It all happened at Monaghan’s Pub in Woodlawn in Baltimore County on Tuesday.

The robbers entered the takeout portion of the pub and made off with some cash at gunpoint.

“At that time, the person who had been behind the counter knew that there was a retirement party for a police officer happening, so they went into the other portion and alerted the officers to the fact that they had just been involved in an armed robbery,” Baltimore County Police Officer Jennifer Peach explained.

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